Fishing-hook.



J. S. EVANS.

FISHING HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 23. 914. 1,158,666. Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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JOHN SPENCER EvANs, OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, ASSIGNDR onONE-H LF T0 ALBERT MORIGE MILLER, OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA,

CANADA.

FISHING-HOOK.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Application filed November 23, 1914. Serial No. 873,512.

To all whom it may concern 2 Be it known that I,IJOHN SPENCER EVANS, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Vancouver,in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Fishing-Hooks, of which the following is aspecification. My invention relates to improvements n fishing hooks,with more particular reference to those used for trolling, and theobject of my invention is to devise a simple practical means the use ofwhich will insure that when the fish seizes the bait hook it will alsobe automatically hooked on bothsides, thereby obviating the chance oflosing the fish on account of its being insecurely hooked, a frequentoccurrence at the present time with the forms of hooks in common use. Iattain this object by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawingsin which- I Figure 1 is an assembled view of my hook. Fig. 2 is anenlarged sectional view, onthe line AA in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlargedsectional view on the line B..B in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlargedsectional view on the line CC in Fig. 1.

Similar figures of reference indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

1 is a plate of any suitable metal, which may be properly nickel orcopper plated.

2 is an ordinary hook, secured to the lower end of the plate 1 in anysuitable manner, 35

which hook is intended to beseized by the fish when attracted by theplate 1 or by bait placed on the hook.

3 and 4 are hooks, formed preferably as shown in Fig. 1, and disposedoneon each side of the plate 1 and connected thereto in swivel fashionby means of their respective clips 5 and 6, the countersinkhead screws 7and 8, and the nuts 9 and 10, all as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. These hooks3 and 4am rigidly secured to their respective clips '5 and 6 so thatthey will not turn or'slip under strain. The screws 7 and 8 are formedwith a shoulder, as'sho wn in Fig. 4, to prevent too tight connection ofthe clips 5 and 6 to the plate 1 and so that the clips may swivel freelybetween the plate and their respective nuts 9 and 10.

11 and 12 are spring catches, preferably of spring steel, slidablysecured to the plate 1 y means of a rivet 13 passing through bothcatches and the slot 14 in the plate, the catches being held apart theproper distance for slidable engagement on the plate by means of thedistance piece 15, through which therivet 13 passes, as shown moreparticularly in Fig. 3. These spring catches are providedfor the purposeof releasably holding the hooks 3 and 4 in their ineffective positions,as shown in full in 'Fig. 1; they are, however, so adjusted that theywill readily permit the disengagement of the hooks therefrom when anordinary strain comes on them@ The slot 14 is provided in order that thecatches 11 and 12 may be moved upwardly or downwardly on the plate 1 sothat the strain required to operate the hooks will be more or less, asthe case may be.

l6 and 17 are wires of great toughness which connect the inner ends ofthe hooks 3 and 4 respectively to an ordinary swivel attachment 18, towhich swivel is secured the trolling line 19. 20 and 21 are eyes formedone on each side of the plate 1 at the upper end thereof, through whichpass, respcctively, the wires 16 and 17 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The manner in which my device operates is as follows z-VVhen the fishseizes the hook 2 on the lower end of the plate 1 the strain on thetrolling line immediately comes on the wires 16 and 17, which pull thehooks 3 and 4 out of the spring catches 11 and 12, causing them toswivel on the screws 7 and 8 into the position shown dotted in Fig. 1,thus gripping the fish on both sides, so that it will be securely heldby both hooks 3 and '4 in addition tobeing hooked by the hook 2.

It will be seen, therefore, that, although the grip taken bv the fish ofhook 2 may not be a very secure one, the strain on the line set upthereby will be suflicient to cause the hooks 3 and 4 to operate, andthe fish,

which would otherwise have been lost, will be securely heldindependently of the hook 2'should same have failed to hook the fishnecting the said hooks to a trolling line so 72. A fishing hook of thecharacter d escribed, comprlsing a plate, a hook securedto the lower endof said plate, a pair of hooks pivotally mounted on said plate onopposite sides thereof and arranged to swing upwardly tor-a normallyvertical position and reverse from each other, means for releasablyholding the said hooks in their normal position, and means forconnecting said hooks to a trolling line so that a pull thereonwill'i'ree the hooks fromthe releasable holding means and swing themdownwardly and inwardly to bring their points adjacent the firstmentioned hook. I a I i 3. A fishing hook of the character described,comprising a plate, a hook secured to the lower end of said plate, apair of hooks detachably connected to said plate on opposite sidesthereot, said hooks being pivotally mounted so as to'swing upwardly to anormally vertical position, spring catch members slidably mounted onsaid plate and adapted to releasably hold the said hooks in their normalpositions, and a flexible connection secured to the plain end of eachpivotally mounted hook, said connection being adapted for attachment toa trolling line so that a pull thereon will be transmitted to theflexible connection to free the hooks from the said spring catches andswing said hooks downwardly and inwardly to bring their points adjacentthe first mentioned hook.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for a. A fishing hook of thecharactendescribed, comprising a plate-havlng a longitudinal slot in itsupper portion and oppositely disposed eyes on each side at its-upperend, a hook secured to the lower end'ot the said plate, a pair of hooksdetachably connectedto the said plate on opposite sides the said hooksin their vupmost-position, and a flexible connectionl' for eachpivotally mounted hook, each said fiexible'connection being secured tothe plain end of its respective hook and passed through one ofthe saideyes and having its free'end adapted for attachment to a trolling line.i

5; The combination with a'fishphook, a plate bait attached 'thereto,of.a barbed member pivotallyconnected intermediate of its length tothe'plate and a line connected to the barbed member adapted to swing thebarbedend thereof. toward the hook when p the pull is exertedfon thehOOlLT j l Dated at Vancouver, 13.0., this 7th d y f November, 1914. a

Witnesses:

V JAMES TAYLOR, HERBERT DEAN.

five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents, Washington,D. G.

JOHNSPENCER Evans; v V

5, in slidable engagement on said plate, said 7 members belng adaptedtoreleasably hold

